Periyasamy Chandrasekaran Politician

Periyasamy Chandrasekaran (16 April 1957 – 1 January 2010) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.He was born in Talawakelle on 16 April 1957. Educated at Highlands College in Hatton, Chandrasekaran entered politics in 1982, when he was elected to the Lindula Urban Council. He was arrested in 1993 under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. In 1994, he formed the Up-Country People's Front (UPF), using it as a platform to be elected to Parliament that same year. He was appointed the Minister of Infrastructure Development in 2001. In 2004, Chandrasekaran was re-elected to parliament with 42,582 votes.Chandrasekaran died of a heart attack on 1 January 2010, aged 52. His death occurred in Colombo. He was buried on January 4 with full state honors in Talawakelle.

Personal facts

Periyasamy Chandrasekaran
Birth dateApril 16, 1957
Birth place
Sri Lanka , Talawakelle
Date of deathJanuary 01, 2010
Place of death
Sri Lanka , Colombo

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Member of parliament

other party
United People's Freedom Alliance
region
Nuwara Eliya Electoral District

Politician

office
Project Minister of Estate Infrastructure
Minister of Community Development & Social Inequity Eradication
party
Up-Country People's Front

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